15-17 September 2026
Day 2 - Sugar & Ethanol Asia 2026
- Jose Orive - Executive Director, International Sugar Organization ISO
- Jutamas Arunanondchai - Vice President and Treasurer, Thailand Ethanol Manufacturing and Executive Director, Rajburi Sugar Co Ltd
- Bhupendra Kumar Singh - Chief-Energy Security, Confederation of Indian Industry, The Mantosh Sondhi Centre
As Asia strengthens its focus on energy security and industrial resilience, sugar is emerging as a necessity and strategic platform for bioenergy, biochemicals, and sustainable growth. Importance of access to economically viable sugars and a scale becomes very important. This session explores how Asia can build leadership in sugar-based value chains through the use of biosolutions through several themes. The speaker will discuss how with biosolutions i) existing sugar production from sugarcane can be enhanced, ii) biomass conversion economics have improved in recent years, iii) and new feedstock opportunities unique to Asia can be unlocked to build sugar leadership.
- Muhammad Iqbal - Regional Marketing Manager, Bioenergy APAC, Novonesis
- Grace Zhang Johnson - Ethanol Analytics Manager, Green Pool Commodities
- Dwi Purnomo Putranto - Executive Secretary, Indonesian Sugar Association
- Muhammad Rafique - CFO, Project Director/Group Director Finance, JDW Sugar Mills Limited
- Bryson Mkhomaanthu - Chief Executive Officer, Presscane Limited
Brazilian model and some references for Asia, from a blending mandate to a self sustaining ethanol ecosystem.
- Paulo Andres Trucco Da Cunha - Director, FS Basil
- Kenneth Lim - Program and Partnerships Manager, Centre for Green Fuels (Singapore)
- Lucas Palhares - Head of Sustainable Transformation in Asia, Braskem
- Jose Orive - Executive Director, International Sugar Organization ISO